Where does “-ċen” come from?

-ċen (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn, from Proto-West Germanic -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

-ċen (Old English): suffix forming diminutives from nouns, often displaying i-mutation

Definitions

  1. suffix forming diminutives from nouns, often displaying i-mutation

Ancestry of “-ċen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*-ikīn—
2Proto-West Germanic-īnCreates adjectives from nouns with the sense...
3Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
4Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
5Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “-ċen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -īn →